ah this is the the news live for russia intensifies its assault on done bass. towns and cities are hit by intense shelling of moscow focuses on capturing ukraine's industrial hot land. also on the program, german chancellor left shelves tell the world economic forum that russia cannot be allowed to win the wall and vigil for the victims of america's worst school shooting for a decade, which is renewed at the rate of a gun violence in the u. s. ah,

i'm fil gail. welcome to the program. russia is intensifying its campaign in ukraine's eastern dumbass region, launching attacks on dozens of towns into hans and done yet. the key industrial, a city of surveyor done yet is becoming, is growing day in growing danger of becoming completely surrounded. having failed to capture the cranium capital key, even the 2nd largest city hall cave. moscow has now focused on smaller objectives, ukrainian president log me landscape demanding more heavy weaponry from the west. describing the situation in don't bass, as extremely difficult ukrainian forces are doing their best to push back russian troops despite heavy shelling in this village now back in ukrainian hands. residents tell of their fears as the russians arrived.

but i don't think you can. we try to keep out of their way miss. i'm yeah, yeah. well, maybe we should go back to the basement. she says, a little bit as a team of associated press film, russian artillery, keep up the bombardment along the road. more evidence of the fighting rushes objective is to cease to don best provinces done yet in the hands in the east. at least 12 people were killed by shelling as heavy fighting continues in and around civil auto nits. the local governor says the russians have taken 3 towns in the genetic region. russian troops are gaining ground in the east. these are frontline positions now abandoned by ukraine.

but further away from the fighting in areas where the ukrainians have regained control residence are determined to start over over 34 that other people are returning home. even though it's safer to wait further away. but it's easier to teach us. her vision was personally myself. lou devoted that to the 3 the me people are coming back to the houses and starting to rebuild the helping our military, your score, and what we asked the battle for done best intensifies, many more lives will be lost. the trade in officials have talked about russia pouring an insane number of fighters and equipment into the hands. last military analyst, frank led to bridge. whether it was now inevitable that russia would eventually take the eastern dumbass region of what we're going to see over the next 4

weeks. i don't think it's controversial or not really millet channel analysis or crystal ball gazing is what will amount to a seizure that town or that scheme mentioned earlier, which is quite big. it's actually a twin time. this is chance right next door. so it's about 200 people in the for about 200000. so back to get about half the size of mario you crate isn't prepared to defend those cities for about 7 years. now, it's still the same number of russian forces coming in. what's happening is that concentrating their attack, i think there's about when in the area we're talking about before, whether we're trying to get to, to take the highway. we're looking at about 20 battalions, but ukraine is, can face those off. one thing that's not often mentioned filters to close on this question if i might, or the huge ukrainian losses, we very rarely hear anything about it. you kind of government, it's a matter of policy. and quite right, it doesn't comment on it. but from what i've heard, the casualties are really very severe. the thing is they can replace those

casualties. brutal lo, it sounds right. and we have western money equipment and the intelligence pouring into you create an unprecedented rate. so this is slowing down the bleeding. if i can put it that way, but is it likely to turn this around? no, i don't think so. not, not in the medium term will certainly not in the short term. so many of those are some of those. some of that equipment and reinforcement is still stuck in the west . i don't know if it's getting down there. i'm hearing that there are issues with that, but it is a short term issues. the medium term, yes, of the long term western support. western intelligence help and above all, western logistics and equipment. how will i believe? who knows, turn that time, but this is going to be a long one. this is one battle in a long, long war going probably to next year and less of

a surprise on one side of the other. because i've seen it written that given the poor performance of russian forces that perhaps moscow would declare an end of this war effort to capture you cranes, eastern territories. that's possible. who knows what, what in person's head and he runs the show that i think the credit is, could presented some form of surrender the way would happen, or at least a concession. but the way that would happen is the russians simply stand on the defensive ukraine is, would, would shape up to counter attack. and that's going to happen anyway. doesn't really matter. wants to play what's going to happen on the ground you can use. i'm going to stop fighting because the russians, the class, some sort of notion of victory was to happen to cheat. that would be a local success. which could and would, i think in the long term be reverse. thank you for the us for clear franklin richard military analyst. thanks very much. but i've also been speaking with correspond to rebecca written in keith. and i asked to have people there feeling about the war now that the fighting has moved away from the capitol east.

ah, well feelings really run the whole gamut here. phil, you know, you've got obviously frustration and fatigue, but you also have that hopefulness and you know, it is really a united city or a night at western part of the country if you will. people here really still believe that ukraine can win this war. they, they say that the other option is just too horrible to think about. so people remaining hopeful, i mean there are still some fear, hear the sirens are still sounding, but there is a little bit of a sense of relief that now the troops have left the surrounds of kevin. i was here a couple of weeks ago, i just re read, returned it to cave, and it is a different feeling. it definitely feels like more of a normal city, if you will. you know, the sun is now shining. of course that helps. but more restaurants and bars are not bars, but restaurants, cafes, that kind of thing are open. you see more people out in the streets and for all intents and purposes, you know, you could almost be forgiven for forgetting that the war is on it from time to time,

except that people are still talking about it. it is really the, the main topic of conversation. people are still very worried watching very carefully what is happening in the aisd end. yeah, of course, it's still really hopeful that they will end up being victorious, interested in what people are saying about the president. that plugin is lensky because of course, outside the country has become something of an icon of this struggle. how do ukrainians feel about him on the way this war is going? after 3 months while i suddenly can't speak to every person in ukraine, but i would say that if there was an election held today, a president zalinski would win in an absolute landslide. people that before the war perhaps didn't have that much faith in the president that, you know, i switched 11 before. she said, well actually i thought it was a bit of a joke. you know, he wasn't it, he was a comedian. he was an actor. i was very disappointed that he was elected. we all thought, how could a man like this be elected during war time? she said, i, i now feel very embarrassed about holding that opinion because really he's proven

himself to be such a wonderful later he's nobody could unite the country in the way that he has done. and that is an opinion really helps pretty much across the board. feel that he's very, very popular here. people really think that he's been doing an absolutely wonderful job in trying to keep everyone together and leave this come country and try and get support from the international community. so i would say his popularity, his sword during this complaint. ok, thank you for that. or rebecca, reese's and keith. meanwhile, german chancellor, olaf showed so sad that russia's present uprooted, cannot be allowed to win this war. in an address of the world economic forum in davos and switzerland, chancellor shots repeated his country support for you, cried, but didn't address keith's demands for more heavy weapons. he said rushes, war is contributing to a global food crisis. discussion of the worn ukraine and its effects dominated this. here is world economic forum. participants examined solutions for

the leading global threats. food insecurity, energy, and the range of economic crises. these topics were also central to german chancellor. olaf schultz is keynote address, which wrapped up thursday's event, depend immune or lunch to the pandemic and rushes war against ukraine in the us are threatening to roll back. progress made over the last decade from comforting got most dramatic, the fight against hunger and poverty. you can shuttle both on we are risking the world's biggest famine and decades. if we don't respond as nicely on video during the g 7 presidency we launched alliance for global food security with the world bank door, germany has set aside nearly half a 1000000000 narrows. yada oval blight, coasted globe. it rings out the global through the crisis is a major risk for poor countries in asia and africa. really difficult time for, for kind of countries because it's like it's gotten them offside countries

a more did because of it. countries a struggle with limited and 105000000 people got hungry. the cause of good group globally, a little those 30 percent of those ala africa, another additional $100000000.00 people is afflicted to go hungry. so this could be really serious. and now, as the world's most powerful players leave davos, the focus will turn to putting the plans and promises they've discussed into motion of his years was a fundamentally different event. so a did it bring, i did it bring fundamentally different insights. i asked at dw correspondent christie papason, who was there? i mean, i think the real question is what really was possible with davosto this year? we had a german chancellor, olaf sholtes here this morning, but he was the only g 7 lead to show this year. and if we take a step back, it may be mm, it makes sense why i doubles is associated with the rich and powerful with luxury

up here in the mountains. and global leaders have a huge laundry list of issues to deal with a right now. everything from obviously the war ukraine, but also the ongoing pandemic. a looming food crisis right at rising food prices and a continued threat to the global economic recovery. so many of them are off dealing with those issues. meanwhile, the people who are here this year, the delegations, and the politicians in the business leaders. they're also concerned with these very same issues. what we did see emerging out of this week was unity around these issues of big sense of urgency in solving them. but a business leader seemed to be feeling like they're stuck a bit that politicians me to act and that the war and ukraine needs to and before they can move on to address these things. okay, so the world's a political lead aside. so business leaders, but president zelinski did make an appearance demanding more military hardware of from world leaders. what sort of response did he get? yeah, that's right. i mean, what the west has been providing

a military support to ukraine since the war began. but so far, that's been largely sylvia era weaponry. and yes, yes, of was lensky. it was asking now for more modern warfare, particularly, for example, wong rage weaponry that could sh sink ships because rushes ought. navy is currently blocking huge shipments of grain from leaving the country. now, there, it does seem to be a growing openness to considering providing the country with modern warfare because there are many markets around the globe that desperately need these grains again because there's a shortage of food around the globe. earlier this week, we saw it, denmark saying it would provide a weapons to ukraine. the u. s. has already agreed to provide mon webber, modern, modern weaponry, excuse me. but other countries are being very cautious. russia has said that the west is already in a proxy war with russia, so to speak, by helping ukraine militarily. so they are proceeding with caution still at this point. but who's the other big issues besides the war climate change? notable among some did that get pushed to one side. right,

well we heard a little bit about some protest nearby, but up here it can feel like a bit of a davos bubble in the, with the forest in the mountains that you see behind me are participants didn't seem to feel particularly affected by, by these protests for example, but that being said, a global warming was the topic of around a 3rd of the panels that we saw this week. so it's definitely an important agenda point up for the for him this year. but we also had billionaire george soros saying at a meeting earlier this week that he thinks the warrant crate is overshadowing the climate change crisis and that this could be fatal for humanity. okay, thank you for that. christy. christy plots and the world economic go for and the united states law enforcement authorities in texas a facing criticism of the length of time it took for them to storm and elementary school. when a gunman killed 19 children and 2 teachers, the shirt was shot dead nearly an hour after he began his rampage. and our security

officer also failed to prevent him from entering the school. the massacre has once again placed the divisive issue of gun control center stage in the country. the town of nevada is morning, the loss of their loved ones. 19 children to teach us 21 lives were needlessly cut short. the tightly knit community is the latest in the u. s. to be devastated by gun violence. but texas governor greg abbott beliefs mental health and not access to guns is the real issue. we as a state, we as a society. neither do a better job with mental health. anybody who shoots somebody else has a mental health challenge period. we her, we as a government need to find a way to target that mental health challenge and do something about it.

democrats, vito role was vine to be the next governor of texas in an upcoming election publicly confronted, correct. other during his press conference, he accused the republican of being responsible for the killings by liberalizing state gun laws. huh. the question, all you need to ask him is why does he want violent criminals to be able to carry guns on our streets? go, go, ask him that he has not had to answer for any of this. and he gets by with this theater on calling it out, i came here to called out to stop this because if we don't stop it, it will continue to happen. the community is still trying to process what happened . i was at the school where it was so pre k and kate can every morning have to open their doors for them to get out. can you see all these faces the, like, new them is just really sad. so we have to goes to do this. i'm,

i'm saddened by that on angry and our government for not billing more about gun control, but even as people across the u. s. and around the world express grief and sympathy . few believe that this will be the last such tragedy. oh, la correspondence, stephan zeeman says at the sign of a shooting in val day, i asked him how this closeness community was coping not worry, we'll have to say people are now me or people are still in pain of course and shock her frustrated and they're hurting this whole community is hurting her where stay at the rob elementary school you see to your right on the screen. those crosses, they popped up for him last night and of course they bear the name. so for the victims, 19 children, 2 adults and the site becomes a make shift memorial of sorts thou with the local people from you've all they

and her from even places as houston and dallas are showing up here of trying to pay their respects. praying are going on there behind me on this at the side and people dropping flowers. so this community will be in pain for a significant pain for a considerable time and to how it goes. now the bell gun control debate has sprung up again. how entrenched are that the 2 sides does the pro gun lobby concede that anything needs to change? yeah, they are as entrenched as they always were. there is one crowd who says like, look at these kind of scenes here. these are incidents massacres or children or people. all mass slaughtered by one gun man was equipped with assault rifles or any kind of gun. we need more restrictions or better or gun control laws on the state and federal level. then there's the other side who says that no, not at all,

that's not the right way to do it. they are those sir gun control laws or any suggestions. the other side makes are useless. they don't do the trick. and the only way to get out of this is actually putting more guns into the hands of the so called good guys, the good guy with a gun, this concept on it. so yeah, there is no go middle way at the moment on the political side. definitely not. and today's criticism or the latest criticism is that it's take, it took too long for police to get to say, i'm one of that what a law enforcement authorities saying about that. as a father, not saying anything, we would love to have a little press conference or the opportunity to ask some questions on that issue. and a few other questions which remained open and, and need answering from police and law enforcement. but they're not really for is coming as of now. well, of course that is because this is still an active crime scene. and the investigators here trying to really come up with a water tight timeline of what went down here. but the,

besides the fact that people say like they took too long to be there to be at the scene. it is more also at point here that there was apparently a group of men of fathers who wanted to go into the school and were held back by police saying, look, you're not going anywhere. what ensued then was after there were no contracts anymore, that it took police 40 minutes where nothing parentally happened, or where they may be tried to negotiate with the, with the young 18 year old, who did this year before they stormed into the school or at least into the classroom where he had himself barricaded. so there's a lot of details questions unanswered in this investigation. let's what we get to a few more answers anytime soon. here. thanks for that. at date of the correspondent stephanie, a siemens and an valet texas is were ground up of some more sort of start making the news around the world. the u. s. state of oklahoma now has the country's strictest abortion been signed into law by republican governor kevin state. with

a few exceptions, the new legislation prohibits abortions from the moment of lies ation. the change comes of it concerns that the and the conservative majority u. s. supreme court is now likely to overturn the nation wide right to abortion. the death toll from wednesdays bombings in afghanistan has risen to at least 16 as many as 10 people died in a multiple bomb attack on many buses. in the northern city of mazar, e sharif, i was later a bomb exploded in a mosque in cobble killing 6 and injuring many others. the she is a charlemagne prize has been won by 3 bedrooms in the political activists. the award recognizes contributions to european unity svetlana ticket of sky maria called us nikita cova and the veronica sep carlo. a being recognized for their struggle against lucy's ortelia regime. and for their work promoting freedom and democracy, they teamed up in 2020 to try and unseat the countries long time later through

democratic means was taken off, sky run for president. and so she was regime responded by arresting thousands of opposition. supporters was closely cova, was jailed and accused of conspiring to overthrow the government. veronica set carlo for atlanta to kind of sky with both forced to flee the country of the ward ceremony in the german city of arkan, german foreign minister on a line of burbock praise. the 3 women saying that message was not just for bella. ruth, but for the whole of europe, the i'm doing is your porch off your efforts to remind us that we cannot close our eyes when freedom is threatened. we must never look away, but we must take action early on. so hon. that is the responsibility of all of us. and a part of that responsibility is the reorganizing of german and european policy with respect to our neighbors in the east to develop a new security framework early in the hydro and fit. we didn't ask for this out, but we owe it to our eastern neighbors leaking on shitty. did always brussels

bureau chief, alexander phenomena was up the ceremony and told us about the winners reactions. well, during the ceremony that was held right behind me in the town whole of october, the 3 on the reese made clear how on earth they are to receive the prize. of course, one of them, maria callously cover. it's in jail in bella, ruth and was represented here by her sister. but all on the re said that they believe that this prize is a sign and evidence that europe and in particular, germany has not forgotten, verified, and her as hitler, nancy cannot sky told us that she was dedicated, dedicating this price to all the people of bella, ruth, to those who are still in jail, who that kids who are waiting for their parents for the, for the many to the many people of villa ruth who had to leave at their country as she did. and she also called on all european citizens and their politicians,

to keep up the pressure on location, co stressing that oppression and repression is still going on in the country. but let's have a listen to what she had to say. look at shanker unleashed terror against its own citizens. then he threatened european security with the fly flight, hijack orchestrated them migrant prizes. just last week, the dictator signed a low permit in the capital punishment for attempted acts of terrorism. the sexton. this is a murder warrant. should in so political openings are becoming a reality. well, that's the banner issue and the opposite, latest atlanta ticket of sky and alexander phenomena will have a full, an exclusive interview with her later in this hour of ukrainian film. butterfly vision is premier at the cannes film festival shot in don bass

almost a year before russia's invasion of you crate. it tells the story of a young ukrainian soldier captured and raped by russian troops of fiction. that reflects the reality of this war. it's the story of a female fighter lillia, a ukrainian soldier after 2 months as a russian prisoner, she is released while in jail. she had repeatedly raped that wife as well. now the question is, how will she ever find peace again? especially when she later finds out that she is pregnant. ah, it's the feature film debut of ukrainian director, maxine not connection because it's a story of survival. it's a story of a will to survive and to keep standing and fighting. and i hope it would make its contribution into our general survival standing and fighting

as ukraine. filming started at the beginning of last year in dawn bus, where fighting had been going on for years before the major russian attack there earlier this year. boy, the fictional story they were producing turned into reality with all the horrors of a war whose end is not in sight. star more thought of them fulfill our general and the cultural identity in particular is under attack. and that's why each case of ukrainian culture being successful, being presented, being a loud and noticed survey is, is a part of us still being alive and presenting the film here in con, also shows that the war affects everyone, including those on the red carpet at a glamorous film festival. let me remind you of our top story. this our brushes intensifying its campaign in ukraine's eastern dumbass region. launching

attacks on dozens of times in the hands can done yet. the key industrial city of savannah, done yes, case in growing danger of becoming completely surrounded. i'll have more news of the top of the our news asia is the next. have a good day. with

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